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Co-authored-by: Khemarato Bhikkhu <khemarato.bhikkhu@gmail.com>

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+title: "The nun of Milan: A Gandharan bhikṣuṇī figurine in the Civico Museo Archeologico"
+authors:
+  - dhammadina
+  - "Giovanni Verardi"
+source_url: "https://www.academia.edu/114584851/_with_Giovanni_Verardi_The_nun_of_Milan_a_Gandharan_bhik%E1%B9%A3u%E1%B9%87%C4%AB_figurine_in_the_Civico_Museo_Archeologico"
+external_url: " https://archive.org/download/aririab-vol-xxvii/Gandharan%20bhik_u%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%20figurine%20in%20the%20Civico%20Museo%20Archeologico.pdf"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TwJSkmb7AXebht2XRm-l5ZWCER6vjEmn/view?usp=sharing"
+course: medieval
+tags:
+  - bart
+  - central-asian
+  - nuns
+year: 2024
+journal: aririab
+publisher: "Soka University"
+address: "Tokyo"
+volume: 27
+pages: "179–-186"
+---
+
+> The task of the coroplast was to show that the image was that of a nun. Simply relying on her 
+facial features and shaven head would not have been enough to distinguish her as such. The 
+two means available to convey her identity as a nun, rather than a monk, were pointers to her 
+different body shape and close-up details of her monastic attire.
+
+This article describes the history and materials of a Gandharan stucco figurine of a female Buddhist monk in the Civico Museo Archeologico in Milan, likely from Hadda. It's dated around the second century AD or later, providing rare evidence of female monastics in Gandhāra.